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"My dream is to have this curvaceous butt and boobs," says Chrissy Teigen, model and social media maven. "I'd die for hips. I want to have this womanly, feminine body ... I don't love knowing what people are going to be commenting on."

Teigen talks with Mashable about her insecurities after shooting the September cover of Women's Health UK in between filming a new commercial for Samsung's latest Note 5 and Edge Plus phones. The 29-year old has become Samsung's newest spokesperson.

It doesn't hurt that she has an approachable and massive social media presence, where she documents everything from life with husband John Legend, her jet-setting lifestyle and her many extravagant meals. She also films outrageous videos, like one in which she balances a plate of chicken wings on her thighs while floating in a pool, and takes many, many photos in the nude.

But behind the facade of the unabashedly confident star, whose nipples seem to be proudly displayed for the entire world to see, is a woman who's just as insecure as anyone else.

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You might be surprised at her self-doubts. After all, we're used to seeing Teigen in the nude and un-retouched, even on that Women's Health cover.

"If they...didn't tell me in advance it wouldn't be Photoshopped, I'd be insecure and totally nervous," she admits. "I would have cared so much with every stretch mark and flaw."

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But Teigen says the experience was empowering. Photoshopping has gotten out of control and sends the wrong message.

"I think it's extra important right now to show a woman not wholly retouched," she says. "It's becoming the norm for people to have this butt that's been plucked and pulled, and these boobs from somewhere else. It's not normal. I think it's our responsibility as women to show our flaws and how we're far from perfect."

"Hearing negativity about my cover was such a bummer," she says. Like the messages she tweets that go in-depth about her, criticizing her on specific things she may do, quirks, or her physical appearance. "I'm still very much conscious and hurt by the little comments."

"All I can say is how big my smile was and I've never been more happy or comfortable [at the shoot]," she says.

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While she does address some of the hate, most of the times she swallows it. She'll type out a mean tweet, stalking her haters' photos and digging deep. "But then I'll put it on draft," she says. "I've learned to type it out and block them."

Trolls or not, Teigen says she still freely lives her life however she chooses. This is apparent on her own Instagram account, where she's readily posted photos that have gotten her in hot water. There were those infamous photos of her nipples exposed from W Magazine, and others covered strategically with a prop. Then there was a photo of Legend's derriere exposed in its full glory.

"Honestly, when I do it it's not to make a grand statement," she says. "I don't do it as a grand feminist statement; I do it because it should be normal."

Simultaneously, the #freethenipple movement has gained steam in the past year. The crusade advocates for equal rights for women to bare their chests at any and all given times they choose. Women and men all over have taken a stance in support. Miley Cyrus has repeatedly posted photos of her nude body on Instagram. So has Rihanna. The latter was kicked off the platform for doing so.

"The fact that I have to censor myself from my photo at all when there are full-on porn being shot across Twitter and Instagram every day is crazy," says Teigen. "But women are beautiful and if it's a beautiful photo that isn't vulgar, then who cares?"

Though she's pushed the boundaries of Instagram, she's thankful the platform hasn't kicked her off all together for her antics.

For now, nipples exposed or not, Teigen says she'll diligently post however she chooses, fight the trolls and live her life. With a cookbook out next year, her show The FAB Life with Tyra Banks coming soon and her many endorsements, Teigen says she's taking it one day at a time.

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